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About the Author

Ava (she/her) is a Master of Science

Throughout my time at Columbia School of Social Work, I have had numerous opportunities to interact and collaborate with young people directly impacted

Criminalizing substance use during pregnancy and parenting is not only harmful for mothers and caregivers, it’s harmful for public health at large. It’s

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While homelessness has a long history in New York, today, in conjunction with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unlike anything we have ever

A decade after The New Jim Crow was first published, Michelle Alexander’s seminal critique of the criminal justice system

Television often presents an exaggeration of real life, but at what point does exaggeration become misinterpreted as reality? Unfortunately, due to depictions of

In the wake of COVID-19, new social distancing guidelines exacerbate trauma symptoms while limiting access to resources for people who use substances. Social connection, the

          Worldwide, nearly 1 billion children have had their schools close due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As of March 18, 43 states in the